Thomas C. Holt is James Westfall Thompson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of American and African American History at the University of Chicago and the author of Children of Fire: A History of African Americans and The Problem of Race in the Twenty-First Century.

• List of Illustrations Introduction: Carrie's RebellionChapter 1: Before MontgomeryChapter 2: Communities organizing for change: New South citiesChapter 3: Communities organizing for change along the New South-Old South divideChapter 4: Organizing in "the American Congo": Mississippi's Freedom Summer and its aftermathChapter 5: Freedom movements in the North and the quest for Black powerChapter 6: Legacies: "Freedom is a constant struggle" ReferencesFurther ReadingIndex

Even readers well-versed in the subject will learn from Holt's close attention to lesser-known figures, events, and organizations. This well-informed history casts the civil rights struggle in a new light.

Thomas C. Holt is James Westfall Thompson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of American and African American History at the University of Chicago and the author of Children of Fire: A History of African Americans and The Problem of Race in the Twenty-First Century.

• List of Illustrations Introduction: Carrie's RebellionChapter 1: Before MontgomeryChapter 2: Communities organizing for change: New South citiesChapter 3: Communities organizing for change along the New South-Old South divideChapter 4: Organizing in "the American Congo": Mississippi's Freedom Summer and its aftermathChapter 5: Freedom movements in the North and the quest for Black powerChapter 6: Legacies: "Freedom is a constant struggle" ReferencesFurther ReadingIndex

Even readers well-versed in the subject will learn from Holt's close attention to lesser-known figures, events, and organizations. This well-informed history casts the civil rights struggle in a new light.

Thomas C. Holt is James Westfall Thompson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of American and African American History at the University of Chicago and the author of Children of Fire: A History of African Americans and The Problem of Race in the Twenty-First Century.

• List of Illustrations Introduction: Carrie's RebellionChapter 1: Before MontgomeryChapter 2: Communities organizing for change: New South citiesChapter 3: Communities organizing for change along the New South-Old South divideChapter 4: Organizing in "the American Congo": Mississippi's Freedom Summer and its aftermathChapter 5: Freedom movements in the North and the quest for Black powerChapter 6: Legacies: "Freedom is a constant struggle" ReferencesFurther ReadingIndex

Even readers well-versed in the subject will learn from Holt's close attention to lesser-known figures, events, and organizations. This well-informed history casts the civil rights struggle in a new light.